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G. GROMPTON & H. WYMAN.

LOOM TEMPLE.

Patented Aug. 28, 1883.,

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GEORGE OROMPTONAND HORACE W YMAN, OF VVOROESTER, MASSACHU- SETTS; SAID'WYMAN ASSIGNOR TO SAID OROMLPTON.

LOQM-TEMPLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 284,120, dated August28, 1883,

v Application filed August 15, 1882. Renewed June 27. 1883. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, GEORGE GRoMPToN and HORACE WYMAN, of Worcester,county of Worcester, State of Massachusetts, have invented anImprovement in Loom-Temples, of which the following description, inconnection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification.

Our invention has for its object the production of a-teniple to engageand keep the selvage of woolen or worsted goods properly distended in afancy loom.

Our invention is composed of a hook to engage the fabric at the selva'gethereof, a'strap connected with said hook, a spiral spring with whichthe strap is connected, a stud to hold the opposite end of the spring, aplate or arm to hold the stud, and a drum to surround the spring andstud and receive upon it the strap as the drum is turned by the spring.

Figure 1 represents in top View a portion of a loom and a web of fabrictherein with our temples added; Fig. 2, a partial vertical section takenthrough the drum, spring, stud, and plate; Fig. 3, a detail looking atone side of the drum; Fig. 4, a section of Fig. 3 on the dotted line mm;Fig. 5, a section of Fig. 3 on the line a Fig. 6, a top View of Fig. 3,and Fig. 7 a sectional detail of the hook and strap.

The loom-frame A and breast-beam B may be as usual. Extended from theframe are arms or plates a. Upon each arm, by a screw,

a, is secured a stud, b, notched at its lower end to receive and holdthe bent end of the spring 0, as in Figs. 2 and 4.. The opposite end ofspring 0, provided with a hook, 0 is extended outward through a slot, 2,in the drum d, (see Figs. 3 and 5,) where it has hooked upon it one endof the strap 0, the latter having at its other end the hook f, providedwith several sharp or pin-pointed prongs, f to enter the fabric 9 nearits selvage edge, as shown in Fig. 1. The drum (1 has a hub, 61*, which.surrounds a reduced circular portion, N, of the stud b, and turnsthereon easily. The spring 0 is so wound and held that it always acts byits upper free end to turn the drum (1 about the stud as the springunwinds, and during such movement the strap 6 is wound about the loosedrum (1, as shown in the drawings. The power of the spring and theextent of its movement to turn the drum and wind the strap may beregulated by loosening the stud b, turning it, and again fastening it inposition by the screw a. The drum is kept from leaving the stud by thepin 1).

We claim- A temple composed of the arm or plate a, stud b thereon, aspring surrounding the said stud, a drum, (1, slotted at one side andplaced loosely upon the said stud, a strap connected with the saidspring, and a hook attached to the outer end of the said strap,substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof we have signed our names to this specification. inthe presence of two subscribing witnesses.

\ GEO. OROMPTON.

HORACE WVYMAN.

WVitnesses:

J. B. SYME, G. W. GREGORY.

